Lifeguards return to sand June 30

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May 29, 2014 at 2:00 AM

By Lindsay Pykosz

Nantucket lifeguards will return to island beaches June 30, just ahead of the influx of visitors and seasonal residents arriving for the busy Fourth of July holiday and busiest part of the summer season.

A total of 45 lifeguards were hired this year and will be deployed at nine island beaches, including Children's, Jetties, Dionis, Madaket, Cisco, Surfside, Nobadeer, Miacomet and Sconset.The town's beaches are guarded from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily through the end of August, with guards pulled from some beaches to staff the more popular and rough ones a week or so earlier than others as the staff begins to leave the island.

Harbormaster Sheila Lucey, who oversees the lifeguard program, said guarding Nobadeer is a new change this year.

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